Checking or unchecking device.



Nu. 642,400. Patented Jan. 30, 1900.

.1. WHITE.

CHECKING UR UNC HECKING DEVICE.

' (Applicatfiu filed June 13, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT CHECKING OR UNCHECKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,400, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed June 13, 1899. Serial No. 720,351. (No model.)

' checking devices for horses; and the object is to provide a checking device that may be operated by a driver while in his seat to partially or wholly liberate a horses head.

My invention will be found particularly useful in connection with a trotting horse, as it is well known that by partly releasing the head-of the horse while trotting he will be able to increase his speed. The device will also be found useful when it is desired to water a horse, as the driver without leaving his seat may entirely uncheck the horse and again ,check him after drinking, and, further, by

means of the device a runaway horse may be quickly checked high, so that he may be easily brought to a stop.

I will describe a liberating-check for horses embodying my invention and then point out the novel feature in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows my invention as applied to a horse. Fig. 2 is a front view of the checkholder, and Fig. 3 is a partial section and par tial side elevation thereof.

The check-holder consists of a plate 1, designed to be attached to the pad or saddle of a harness. I have here shown it as provided at the base with a flange 2, through which a fastening-bolt 3 may be passed, said bolt also passing through the upper portion of the saddle, and has a nut applied to its lower end. The plate 1 has an opening 4, which communicates through a passage 5 with a stop-receiving sleeve 6. This stop-receiving sleeve is designed to receive either one of a number of stops 7, secured to a line or rein 8, which at its forward end is designed to be buckled to the overhead checkrein 9. The rein 8 extends back to the vehicle and is to be held in the hand of the driver.

The stops 7 may be made of any suitable material and secured at any desired distance apart on the rein. The stops are here shown as slightly tapered, and the interior of the sleeve 6 is horizontally tapered, the smaller end being forward. By this construction the stops will be prevented from being drawn for ward through the sleeve, but may be easily drawn outward from the rear.

By means of the sleeve or extension 6 a long friction-bearing for the stop is provided that will prevent the stop from moving out or dis= placement should the horse throw up his head and loosen the checkrein.

In operation when it is desired to partially release the head of a horse the rein 8 is to be drawn rearward to disengage the stop from the sleeve 6. Then by moving the rein through the opening 5 into the opening 4 and slacking up on the rein the first stop will pass through the opening 4, and then by moving the rein to the right or through the opening 5 the next stop will be brought into the sleeve 6, and obviously when it is desired to uncheck the horse for watering or other purpose all the stops may be allowed to pass through the opening 4:, and in rechecking the horse the rein is to be drawn back to engage a stop in the sleeve- It will be noted that the stops 7 are rounded at the ends, so that there will be no danger of their catching and holding against the plate 1 when it is desired to move the stops through the opening 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A liberating-check for horses, comprising a checkrein, a longitudinally-tapered stop on the checkrein, a plate having an opening through which the stop may freely pass, and a sleeve or extension having communication with the opening, the interior of the sleeve being tapered to correspond to the stop and forming a long friction-bearing for the stop.

JOSEPH WHITE.

Witnesses:

J NO. M. BITTER, O. R. FERGUSON. 

